And this is it... 2012 coming to an end!

Hey.. just a quick note on the last day of 2012 year!

It's been a nice year... well being positive and all that.  It's really been a tough year in terms of criminality, economy, politics, and the list goes on and on...  But you know, there is always good things to be thankful for.  I admit the bad things make the good ones disappear for some time.  When you concentrate in the bad things you forget about all the beauty you have lived.

So when I saw this in facebook (a friend of a friend posted it)... I immediately thought I should give some of these to my guests tonight.  It explains itself:

I didn't have much time because the rice, salad, pork shoulder roast, decoration, and all these things had priority.  (The most difficult task was to empty my scrapbooking table to be able to use it for the food. LOL)

So the embellishment is not quite elaborated, it is very simple but with the Unity stamps I used to label the jars and tins with "2013" and other images, they came out very cool.  I also included instructions in Spanish.

So, if my guests want to try this for 2013, they'll have the recipient already to start.

Cool, isn't it?  Wanna try it?

You'll probably be surprised at the list you can come up with at the end of the year.

Happy 2013!

Secret Santa

Hello everybody... and Merry Christmas.  Tomorrow's Christmas' Eve...  I hope you have great plans to have a blast with family and friends.  I have to admit I don't really know yet if we'll meet here or there... but it's always a good result at the end.  Tomorrow is a regular day of work for both my husband and I, so let's see how the day goes.

I wanted to share with you the card I made for my draw of the Secret Santa at the office.  I was Secret Santa to Vanessa, one of my co-workers/assistants...  I got her a gift card but instead of using an envelope or boring card holder I wanted to give it to her in a tin...

So I used this tin from Walgreens and made a card to perfectly fit inside.

I used chipboard, rub-ons, stickers, bakers twine, stamps, embossing powder and ink for the cover/front of the card and personalized it with her name.

When opened, the card can be bent and placed to show the tree as a die cut, or lift up as a regular card as shown below.

Just wanted to make a simple gift card more fun for her...

Hope you liked it.  She certainly did. :)

Thanks for your comments.

Last Project of the Year and Cheers!

Happy New Year's Eve!

Hope you are getting ready for the party tonight and to welcome a great 2011 full of surprises, happiness, love and much more.

Year 2010 was a pretty good year for me... different things happened... good and not so good... great and little... wished and unexpected... happy and sad... but all of them made me be the person I am now to receive 2011.

One thing that happened is that I decided to have this blog to express myself and share scrapbooking projects with you, my friends. Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope I can continue posting information relevant to your needs and interests... maybe it's a project, maybe just a word, and just something that makes you laugh... Please continue visiting me in 2011. Tell your friends about my blog... maybe they'd like it too.

And I hope 2011 becomes a great year for you too.



Let me share this last project of the year I made a couple of weeks ago. It's a very simple project. You just need a tin and according to the size of it, you make your project. I had this octagonal tin with lid, of about 7". I cut a circle to fit in and embelished to use as frame for a 6"x4" photo. It's like making a little layout for one photo.

I used chipboard and covered with patterned paper and embelished with Xmas details.




Before applying glue or adhesives to all, I made sure to include two ribbons between the two chipboard sides, and attached with brads. These would serve as handles for a wood stick as you can see in next photo.




It serves as a nice gift for someone. You can include a photo, or leave it without it so the person can place the desired photo.
Place all in the tin as a Xmas gift.




The models in the photo are a nephew and two nieces. Hope you like it!!!

(patterned paper: Basic Grey, Memory Stor; embelishments: Fancy Pants; brads: Portafolia; ribbon: EK Success; others: Adhesives, chipboard, Martha Stweart punch; wooden stick, tin)


And... because tonight you will need something to drink in a glass... I will tell you about this recently discovered sparkling wine... Well... should I call it champagne? Yes, It's from Champagne, France. And there are several things I like about this champagne.

#1: It's not expensive... we bought it for about $10...
#2: It's from France... Most say best champagnes are from France!!! There are great cavas (sparkling wines from Spain are called cavas; just the ones made in Champagne, France you can call it champagnes), and other sparkling wines I love... but it's France, the mother of them!!! hahahaha)
#3: It's not made from the traditional grapes used for sparkling wines, which are Pinot Noir and Chardonnay... It's from Tempranillo! Yes, you read it right... Tempranillo....
#4: Tempranillo is a grape most popular in Spain... it's like the national grape! But this delicious liquid in a bottle was made from tempranillo... in France... crazy crazy...

This champagne tastes a bit stronger than others in terms of body... without losing the refreshing and bubbling sensation of a great champagne... If you like sparkling wines, you should also try this one... If you like tempranillo you should definitely try this Veuve du Verney... I don't even know how to pronounce it, and maybe I'm not giving you expert tips about it... but believe me... it's good.




And... if you are looking for a cava for tonight... and you like rosé, try Segura Viudas... very economical too... you can find almost everywhere... and will never let you down.

Cheers!
Happy New Year!
Let's celebrate the joy of being imperfect and be proud about it!!!

:)